About us

We can understand from the teachings of our previous teachers (Acharyas) that human beings may have many desires which they believe will help them to reach their ultimate goal, but if the desire is not appreciated by the Supreme Lord, then the desire will never be fulfilled. For example, his divine grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj, being one of the most intimate disciples of his divine grace Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada and the founder president of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math, had a desire. Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj’s (Srila Gurudeva) strong desire was to not establish any temples, therefore he spent most of his life living amongst his different God brothers in established temples until he reached 90 years of age. In the beginning of 1960, one of Srila Gurudeva’s Godbrothers, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj, began regularly sending invitations to Srila Gurudeva, requesting him to attend devotional functions. On the envelope, beside Srila Gurudeva’s name, he always addressed him as the Acharya of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math. In 1987, when Srila Gurudeva was living in Kolkata’s Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, he was requested by his followers Sripad Gopinath Prabhu, Sripad Bimal Krishna Prabhu, and Sripad Madhusudan Prabhu to buy a piece of land in Mayapur in order to establish a small preaching centre. Although he never desired to establish any brick and motar structure himself, the Lord’s desire forced him to obey and to buy a piece of land at that time. This place was inaugurated in 1989 with the name of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math. At that time our Srila Gurudeva’s physical body was 91 years old.

Naturally, most of the members of the Vaishnava community were unable to understand Srila Gurudeva’s activities for the service of Mahaprabhu’s mission, considering his advanced age. However, the supreme personality of Godhead Sri Sri Radha Krishna’s desire didn’t stop, and many temples were established around India and abroad in the name of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math under the guidance of Srila Gurudeva, Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gowami Maharaj.

Presently, our head office is at Sri Dham Mayapur, Nadia (West Bengal), India. Sri Ananta Basudeva Srimandir at Kalna, West Bengal, Sri Jagannath Ashram at Midnapore, West Bengal, Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math at Behala, Kolkata and Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math at Hotor, 24-Pargana (near Ganga Sagar). We also have three branches in Tamilnadu: Kavilpatti, Tutukorine and Uttanapalayam. We have one branch at Chakratirtha road, Puri in the state of Orissa, and two centres in Vrindavan, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Also, nationally and internationally we have many sister concerns in the name of ‘Bhakti Vinodalaya’.

The mission of Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math is to help people understanding the value and purpose of this human birth and to inspire them to reach the ultimate goal of life through sincere spiritual practices, including chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra and serving the Lord's devotees under the guidance of a qualified spiritual master.